New Yorkers: Put the BlackBerry away if you’re behind the wheel. New York’s law against texting while driving went into effect Sunday. The new law forbids the use of mobile devices for reading, typing and sending text messages while driving. …
Claims management provider Crawford & Company has acquired certain assets of Technical Loss Adjustment and Appraisal LLC (TLAA) of Chicago. The firm’s five experienced adjusters have joined Crawford’s Global Technical Services organization, Crawford announced. TLAA, established in May 2005, includes …
California’s Department of Insurance is reducing fees by 9.8 percent. The fee reduction is possible because the Department has increased efficiency, according to a press release. The fees fund the Department’s regulatory activities. “When I came into office, I ordered …
Colemont Insurance Brokers announced that Ben Lowery has joined the company’s Atlanta office as a property broker. Prior to joining Colemont, Lowery worked for American E&S where he had been a property broker since 2005. Prior to that, he was …
Travelers Insurance Co. is targeting a new product toward what it says is a growing market: The insurance needs — other than medical malpractice — of medium-sized health care firms. The new product, which will be sold through independent agents …
Ubiquitous, effective, efficient, simple, annoying, maddening, perturbing, frustrating, and indispensable. All are adjectives that can describe e-mail. Most of us have a love / hate relationship with our email. Like a hammer, e-mail can be used to build or to …
The Excess/Surplus Lines Claims Association has changed its names and elected a new slate of officers and directors. The organization is now known as the International Association of Claim Professionals (IACP). Its new officers are: President Miles J. Banks, Executive …
The Swiss-based Glacier Group has announced the appointment of Todd Hart as Chief Executive Officer, with immediate effect. He had been serving as a nonexecutive director on the Group’s board, representing HBK Capital Management, one of Glacier’s founding shareholders. Hart …
Maryland-based insurance and risk management firm HMS Insurance Associates Inc. has made several executive-level promotions. Nancey Bohlen has been promoted to chief financial officer and vice president of operations. She will oversee financial aspects of insurance and non-insurance related business. …
Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited reported a net loss available to common shareholders for the third quarter of 2009 of $96 million, or $0.70 per diluted common share, compared with a net loss of $249 million, or $1.79 per diluted …
